Industrial War At. Broken-hill. Hostilities Commenced in Earnest. Mine Closely Picketed and Watched
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 9
BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--War between the unions and the Proprietary Company has now commenced in earnest. The mine was closely picketed to-day, and the approaches are well…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Teralba Award. Miners Not Too Well Pleased. Half a Loaf Better Than No Bread
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 10
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The award given in Sydney on Thursday by the Royal Commission on Mining Disputes in the Northern District has not yet been digested by the miners. The…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 3
P.O.P.: The Boulder Tin Mine is at Dundas, in Tasmania, and has nothing to do with the Westralian mines of the same designation. O.: The Associated Northern Blocks will pay a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Topics Readers' Opinions Settlement, Immigration, and Mining
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 5
As you are always advocating genuine reform, I desire to bring under your notice two or three very important matters, and if by using your powerful influence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Vivienne's" Penny Cot Fund Cards Now Ready—call or Send for Them—gold Medals for Collectors
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 9
We will now resume collecting for the Cot Fund. Six cots at the Sydney Hospital for Slek Children are endowed by the children of the "Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Zealand Mining. Trouble in the Collieries
Evening News · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Reefton misers, refusing medical examination for insurance in connection with accident, declined to resume work after the holiday. The mines are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shoe Plays As Gold Mines
The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 7
We all know the phrase about discovering a gold mine and being rich over afterwards. And the phrase, out of all question, is wholly and entirely correct (observes a Glasgow contemporary). When one finds a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Coast Mines. Prospects for the New Year. Amalgamation Scheme. Coal Mines Amending Bill. (From Our Special Report.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5
There is every prospect of the employees being kept fairly busy in the coming year. At a number of the collieries contracts have already been entered into, and in addition to…
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Evening News · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The gold mining and other companies of South Africa, paid £13,070,442 in dividends last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken-hill Proprietary Mine
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 11
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--During the four weeks ended December 23 the Broken-hill Proprietary raised 38,387 tons crudes, of which 36,840 tons were put through the ore-dressing…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 9
Mr. W. J. Hogan, soileitor, Barton-street, Cobar, announces that he is a candidate for the position of director of the Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 11
At the North Lyell 1000ft. level the No. 2 south drive is in about 155ft., the face showing excellent grade ore, Very good ore continues to be won from all parts of the 850ft. level. No…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Teralba Award. Miners' Meeting Postponed
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8
TERALBA, Sunday.--A meeting of the miners of the Teralba district was called for Saturday afternoon last at Bradley's-hall, Toralba. A number of the miners turned up, but after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold in the Death-grip
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 7
The Duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, while exploring in Palmi yesterday, stumbled against the dead body of a man who lay on the ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Uses of Gold. Some Interesting Figures
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 9
In his work, "The World's Gold, "Professor L. de Launay, of Paris, deals with the industrial consumption of gold. This, he says consists in the manufacture of Jewels, rings watch…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Blockaded Mine. Proprietary "Held-up." a Pressman Assaulted
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The free privilege and passage ordinarily accorded recognised journalists do not prevail nowadays. A representative of the press, in the discharge of his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Medical Examination of Mines. Industrial Struggle Feared in New Zealand
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--There is a complete deadlock at Reefton Mines, owing to the medical examination for pneumonimocosis domanded by the mine-owners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Where Did the Gold Come From? a Novel Prosecution
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5
A prosecution under the Gold Buyers Act took place in Melbourne last week, when proceedings were taken against two Chinese, Mee shing, a storekeeper, and Ack Goon, a furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Blown Up. Dynamite at Broken Hill. Serious Outrage at Proprietary Mine
Evening News · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 4
BROKEN HILL. Saturday.—Portion of the railway line leading to the Proprietary Mine was blown up during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Trouble. Miners in Possession. Truculent Pickets. Manager's Coachman Captured. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 7
The picketing continues, despite the terrible heat. A few spirited arguments have occurred between men who wished to pass the lines and the pickets, and the plcket have won in…
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